What grade do the Yankees deserve for their first-half performance?

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00:00Torpedo bats, injuries, Aaron Jojo and Pace for another historic year, an MVP award.

00:06The Yankees are 92 games into the season.

00:08They currently sit at 51-41, and they're two and a half games behind the Blue Jays

00:13for first place in the division.

00:15So, Greg Joyce, how would you grade the Yankees' season so far and why?

00:20Yeah, I'd probably give it around a B, B+, somewhere in that range.

00:24I think if, you know, coming out of spring training, if you told, you know, the Yankees

00:30that they'd be, you know, 10 games over .500 in July without, you know, getting a single inning

00:35from Garrett Cole or Luisil, and they'd have Clark Schmidt headed for Tommy John surgery

00:40to mid-year, I think generally you'd take that.

00:44Obviously, when you see it played out, it looks a little bit different.

00:47You know, the first two months of the season, it looked real sharp for the most part.

00:50We saw a lineup that was deep, deeper than last year.

00:55You know, guys were, a lot of guys were kind of playing beyond what they were expected to.

01:00Obviously, Aaron Judd was flirting with .400, putting together a pretty dominant first two

01:06months, and the pitching staff was, for the most part, kind of holding it together.

01:12You know, they had some key contributors like Ryan Yarbrough was pitching well.

01:16Will Warren had shown a lot of growth.

01:17Clark Schmidt had started to pitch deeper into games, was kind of taking that next step.

01:23But obviously, then the past month, you know, six weeks, it's kind of a different story.

01:29The offense has largely gone cold together, struggled with runners in scoring position.

01:34Some of their defensive miscues and mental errors that plagued them last season in October

01:40have kind of been popping up a little bit too often over the last few weeks.

01:43As they hit that kind of summer swoon, that June swoon that they had a lot, each of the

01:47last three years.

01:49So it's kind of been, you know, kind of a tale of two seasons so far, if you kind of break

01:55it up the first two months versus the last month and a half.

01:58But, you know, they've kind of, with all the injuries that they've had, they've kind of,

02:03you know, when you look at it, zoom out and look at it in the hole, they're in a decent

02:07spot right now.

02:08A couple games out of first place behind the Blue Jays, even though they lost that first

02:12place last week when they got swept by the Blue Jays.

02:15But, you know, they haven't totally damaged anything yet in terms of where they stand in

02:21the standings.

02:22Because I think the trade deadline will be key coming up here to see how they can kind

02:25of fortify the roster.

02:27Obviously, you know, the shopping list is a lengthy one at this point.

02:31I was, you know, Brian Cashman saying yesterday they needed a starter, you know, some bullpen

02:36help and an infielder.

02:38So it's a lot of pieces to acquire in one deadline that may not be overflowing with options.

02:43But, you know, I think by and large, when you, you know, I think, you know, the last

02:49couple of weeks, it has often seemed for, you know, the fan base, like the sky is falling.

02:55But, you know, it seemed like that last year, too, around this time, they were able to kind

02:58of right the ship later in the summer and kind of, you know, obviously reached a World Series.

03:03We'll see if they can do that this year.

03:04But, you know, they've kind of withstood some of the challenges so far.

03:08And if, you know, if they're able to snap out of this before long, they could be headed,

03:13you know, could be headed on the right track.

03:15Still a lot of baseball left.

03:17Greg Joyce, thanks, man.

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